There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.

A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but help is of the Lord.

A wise man is better than a strong man, and a man who has prudence than a large estate.

War is carried on with wise counsel, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counselor.

And the Lord was with him; and he was wise in all that he undertook. And he revolted from the king of the Assyrians, and served him not.

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant [for] three years. And [then] he turned and revolted against him.

And Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Gesham the Arabian, heard [it], and they laughed us to scorn, and came to us, and said, What [is] this thing that you are doing? Are you revolting against the king?

And I answered them, and said to them, The God of heaven, He shall prosper us, and we His servants are pure, and we will build; but you have no part, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.

[This translation omits this verse.]

And [if] he shall revolt from him, to send his messengers into Egypt, that [they] may give him horses and much people; shall he prosper? Shall he that acts as an adversary be preserved? And shall he that transgresses the covenant be preserved?